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This new Pelican track is absolutely undeniable

While “heavy” is definitely a word that applies to post-rock instrumental quartet Pelican, it’s definitely not the first word that would come to mind. Those words would probably be “post-rock,” “instrumental” and “quartet.” However, the band is streaming another song from their forthcoming fifth album, Forever Becoming, and it’s both heavy and upbeat. We really dug “Immutable Dusk,”, but “Deny the Absolute” is arguably better, starting out fast before locking into a groove at about 2 minutes in. We’re really looking forward to hearing the rest of this album, but it looks like we’ll have to wait until about October 15, which is when Forever Becoming will be released on Southern Lord.

If you thought Europe wasn’t more than “The Final Countdown,” you’ve mostly been right. However, their new album War of Kings, is streaming now on Yahoo Music, and it’s not awful. The album will be released on March 10th on Hell & Back Recordings. It can be preordered here.

Philadelphia doom band Crypt Sermon’s debut album, Out of the Garden has gotten a lot of well-deserved press. Now you can listen to the Dark Descent album before it’s in stores next Tuesday. It’s streaming here.

You can add two more states on to the Mastodon/Clutch tour that will be making its way around the country starting in April. They’ve added shows in Honolulu on April 4th and Detroit (Sterling Heights) on May 23rd.